The 1950 British Empire Trophy was a non-Championship Formula One motor race held on 15 June 1950 at the Douglas Circuit, in Douglas, Isle of Man. It was the ninth race of the 1950 Formula One season.
The 36-lap race was won by ERA driver Bob Gerard. Cuth Harrison finished second in an ERA, and Emmanuel de Graffenried third in a Maserati.
Results Pos No. Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid 1 1 Bob Gerard Bob Gerard ERA 1.59:36.8 3 2 12 Cuth Harrison Cuth Harrison ERA + 1:32.4 1 3 5 Toulo de Graffenried Enrico Platé Maserati + 2:48.1 7 4 15 Brian Shawe-Taylor Brian Shawe-Taylor ERA + 2:58.8 5 5 3 David Hampshire Scuderia Ambrosiana Maserati 35 laps 6 6 2 Reg Parnell Scuderia Ambrosiana Maserati 35 laps 8 7 7 Tony Rolt Rob Walker Racing Team Delage 35 laps 2 Ret 11 Graham Whitehead Graham Whitehead ERA Lost wheel 9 Ret 14 Colin Murray Charles Murray Maserati Accident 12 Ret 9 Gordon Watson Gordon Watson Alta F2 Piston 11 Ret 6 Prince Bira Enrico Platé Maserati Accident 13 Ret 4 David Murray Scuderia Ambrosiana ERA Accident 4 Ret 16 Joe Kelly Joe Kelly Maserati Accident 10 DNS 10 Peter Walker Peter Walker ERA Fire – DNS 8 John Rowley J.W. Rowley Delage Camshaft drive – DNA 17 Alister Baring A.A. Baring HWM-Alta Car not ready – DNA 18 Bobby Baird W.R. Baird Tornado-Clemons Duesenburg Car not ready – DNA 19 Archie J. Butterworth A.J. Butterworth A.J.B.-Steyr Car not ready –
References
Race results are taken from and
External links Douglas Circuit (1947-1953) on Google Maps (Historic Formula 1 Tracks)